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The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1887-12-08
THE EDITORS DESK.
COMMENTS ON TOPICS THAT ARE,
INTERESTING THE PEOPLE.

rhe Chronicle Expresses Its Opinion on
Passing Public Events and Questions
BRET HARTE'S story in the forthcoming
christmas Scribuer,s is entitled "A Drift
from Redwood Camp" The scene of it is
aa the Pacific coast the region Of his
early successes The hero of it, "Shee-
-tcks. " is said 10 be an interesting type Of
the '.no-account man.
THE COMMON schools are the stomach of
the country in which all people thai come
To rs are aSsimilated within generation.
When a lion eats an OK the lion does not
become an OK, but the OK becomes lion
30 the emigrants of all races and nations
become Americans. and it is a disgrace to
our institutions and a shame To our policy
10 abuse them or drive them away Hen
~ Ward 3eecher
PRESIDENT BARTLETT, Of Amherst Col
le.e, has written an historical explanation
Of .rUshes" and hazings at colleges,
wherein he points out that this peculiar
barbarism, which is tolerated by public
opinion in some of those very commune
ties whose whole purpose is to promote
enlightenment, is curiously enough "a
far off relic of the ancient benefit or the
clericus. +" He cites a number OF striking
examples of the false notion of duty and
morals which prevail III some student com
munities to prove this interesting histori-
ca fact. He points out, too very etfec-
tive remedy, and shows how it has worked
in several notable cases. His paper ap-
1ears in the Forum for December.
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The Presidents message will be >ont t.
Congress in MSS. form and will be read
on Tuesday.

LATER.-The new Senators were scart 4
this morning except Faulkner, whose Gre
dentials were referred 10 the Committee
on Elections.
\ crank made matters lively on tn
House SIDE. As the Speakel' gave! fell,
calling the House to order. his crank aros.-
and sang the Long Metre DoXology n i
loud discordant voice. The doorkeepecs
did not sufficiently recover from their sur
prise to put him out until after he had
finished. After this unique performance,
the House procceie.l #i,h the routine buei
ness amidst an audible litter.
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The North Carolina delegation had an
interview with Speaker Carlisle Saturday,
He approves of the repeal of the tobacco
tax and of the reduction of the fruit bran
dy tax from 80 to 10 cents. This pro
gramme may not seem clear when the
skeleton of the forthcoming tariff bill is
given to your readers in this column, but
it will be accompanied by amendments to
that bill. The Speaker thinks this much
can certainly be done this session, and he
is prepared to render every possible assist
ance to our Congressman in carrying ont
the expressed will of their constituents III
this particular. You may depend upon
it, the tobacco tax will be abolished the
brandy tax reduced and the method OF
collecting the latter changed for the bet
ter if our Congressman can effect This
result Mr.. Henderson is not as hopeful
about getting justice for our State as |
have seen him on former occasions when
the tariff was under discussion. Bur he
already has the outline of his tariff bill
prepared and Will present it soon after the
House organizes. He Will fight the oppo-
nents of tariff reform with his accustomed
zeal Senator Vance says he does not
anticipate any legislation this winter
Judging from the present outlook, that
will materially decrease the taxes.
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. y

-. The Recorder wants Durham to
have a Tobacco Exposition. This is good
idea and we hope the Recorders want will
be gratified.
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1887-12-08

Functional derangement Of die female
system is quickly cured by the use of In
r. V. Pierce's ''Fayorito Prescription tt
moves pain and restores health ana
strength. BY all druggists.
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1887-12-08

will be seated without trouble. If Riddle
berger acts with the Democrats, there will
be q tie iii the Senate and the Democrats
will be given half the Committeeship
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1887-12-08

The Republican Senators have not held
a caucus They may hold a brief consul
tation Monday morning before the Senate
convenes. They may have some willy
scheme on foot, for Edmunds and Hoar
are running things, but the general opin-
ion is that the new Democratic Senators
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1887-12-08

The Republican caucus of the House
met at three Saturday afternoon. Mich
OILS and Brewer did not go into it, as they
say they are independents. Save the
mark Pretence and hypocrisy blatant
EDITOR
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Closing, the President intimates that he
NAV write again He explains his failure
in not aluding, III customary compliance
with the executive habit, to the estate OF
the Nation,n to the fact that he is 50 much
impressed with the paramount Importance
of the reduction of the tariff that be has
given almost the entire message to It's dis
cussion And it is a wise and able DIS
cussion, of which the above is the glst.
The CHRONICLES advice to the Congress
men is to take the Presidents wise counsel
and to do what he recommends about this
important question of Tariff Reduction.
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1887-12-08

- . 1t is about settled that Wadesboro
will have silk factory.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-04-27
The Auction Thieves.

"I notice that Inspector Byrnes says
nothing in his book about auction
thieves" said well-known auctioneer to
a New York Sun reporter.
"Auction thieves!"
eyes. There are thousands of them
in the city, and they are a big nuisance
to u.s."
GLOW does the auction thief work9"
"His principal method is to damage
goods, and buy them cheap in conse.
auence. You see we always have lot OF
goods on exhibition, and it is impossible
for us to watch them closely. The auc.
ton thief waits for good chance, and
then steals some essential part of an arti-
Gle. When the thing is sold he buys it
cheap, because it is imperfect. Then he
addsthe missing part, and sells it again
at the full price. They will steal the
weights from pair of scales, the pendu-
lum of a clock, the CRATE out of a stove,
OF anything which will cripple it."
"Do you ever catch these thieves"
ooh, yes; nov and then. But what
can YOU do to man for stealing few
cents wcrth9 1t wouldn't pay to prose-
cute him, so we just turn him over to a
porter, and he gets off with good kick
ing. But they're great nuisance, and l
think I'll send the next one catch to the
Island"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-04-27
1.-THE Saloon fs q TiSer.

Rev. DR.. Crosby, in his speech not
long since on high license, asked the ques-
ton of his audience, if it would not be
better to restrict tiger to certain To-
cality than to give him the freedom of a
whole city, whcrcupon good brother
replied with stentorian voice: "Shoot
him." What the tiger, whose jaws reek
with human gore, needs, is good dose
of cold lead. Shoot him dead in his
tracks, Curtail his freedom by cutting
off his tail just behind his ears! The
saloon is tiger whetting his appetite
with fresh victims every day, and there is
no adequate treatment for this monster
but death physical, and death temporal,
and death eternal We believe the duty
of government is to kill this saloon tiger
on sight, to use the old simile: "Till he
is as dead as q door nail," Here is our
hand for the determination of this raven
GUS beast. Csacinna&i Liah.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-04-27
A Persian's Chief Subject Of Conyer-
cation.

The Persians have one never-failing
subject of conversation; that subject is
their health. The pleasure of talking
about the weather is denied by them;
for, as eleven months out of the twelve
are fine in Persia, the subject does not
present sufficient variety. But Persian,
to whatever class of society he may be-
long, is never tired of talking about his
ailments, real or supposed. In his eyes
all Feringhis Europeans) are doctors.
and the European doctor is the very best
of all. For many years at Shiraz there
lived an old Swede who had walked into
Persia in his youth. He knew nothing
of medicine on his arrival; but, finding
that the natives constantly solicited his
advice, he bought few medical books
and literally acquired certain amount
of knowledge by carrying out the good
old principle of ':Fiat experimentum in
corpore Will" Happily the Hakim Sahib
also believed in the 'vis medicatrix ma
tura." As rule his drugs were harm
less. 81 have different colored liquids"
said he, "and as long as there is bread
and water to be had I am never at loss
for pill" The pills were foured for the
common people and gilded for the rich.
At seventy years of age the Hakim Sahib
died. He held the position of physician
to the forces of the province, and was
deservedly respected by natives and
Europeans. ST. Jamss's Ga=ette.
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HOUSEHOLD MATTERS.
A Presidential Breakfast.

A standing dish for the White House
morning meal, which was inaugurated by
President Grant, and of which he was
inordinately fond, and which is relished
by President Cleveland, is breakfast ba-
con and fried apples. The method of
cooking the bacon and apples is to cut
thin strips from a moderately lean piece
of well cured bacon of the best quality
and fry until brown and crisp. Take a.
dozen or more tart hard apples, green
ings preferred; peal and slice into
eighths; fry in some of the fat of the
bacon until they are we'll Drowned.
Place the mass on fat dish over
strainer, and with fork lay the strips of
bacon comparatively dry upright around
the fried applies. The fat strains from
the apples and bacon. The apples are
thus relieved from the excessive richness
of the bacon juice.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-04-27
Hints and and Suggestions.

Grained woods should be washed with
cold tea and then, after being wiped dry,
rubbed with linseed oil.
A simple plan of stopping bleeding of
the nose has lately been advised. Grasp
firmly the nose with the finger and thumb
for ten or fifteen minutes; by thus COM
pletely stopping the movement of air
through the nose (Which displaces fresh
ly-formed clots), you will favor the clot.
ting of the blood and will frequently stop
hemorrhage.
Hot lemonade, taken Just before retlr-
ing, is well-known remedy for cold LII
its first stages. Everybody, however, is
not familiar with the lemon cure for an
acute attack of hoarseness. For this pur-
pose, first roast a lemon in the oven,
turning 1T now and then, that all sides
may be equally cooked. 1t should not
crack or burst, but be soft all through.
While the lemon is still very hot, cut a
piece from the top, fill it with as much
sugar as it will hold and eat on going to
he'd
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Palmetto Branches for Churches.

Within few years past, several New
York florists have been importing small
quantities of the sable palmetto from
Cuba, which were eagerly taken by the
New York churches and finally super
seded the coacoa palms and the common
evergreens, as they are reasonably cheap
and quite as appropriate. The fashion
spread, and florists generally in the larger
cities began supplying the palmetto
branches to the churches. The leaf Is OF
fine grain and is beautiful dark green
while fresh, and has the advantage OF re-
tanning its color longer than most plants
of the same species, because of the hard,
woody character of its fibrcs, and conse-
uucnt absence of sap. The Philadelphla
record SAYS: "It is estimated that nearly
so, 900 of these palmetto heads are used
every year in the Catholic churches OF
That vicinity and in few churches OF
other denominations. Most of the plants
are now procured from the Everglades
of Florida and the swampy islands along
the coast of the Carolinas and Georgia,
where they grow in abundance and are as
much of q nuisance to the natives as the
briar weeds are to the farmers of the
North. The work of supplying the pal
mettoes has originated considerable in
dustry in Florida and the coast islands.
The plants can be had for the gathering,
and their preparation for market furnishes
employment to quite number of persons
at remunerative prices. They arc ,pur'
chased by shippers at Charleston and ~.
Augustine, who pay the gathcrers about
twenty-five cents per dozen heads; Iney
are then shipped to New York, from
which point they are distributed all sa oyer es
the East and West at cost of from $3 to
SIS per dozen heads to the purchaser.
One simmer alone in New York takes an
nually over 500, 900 head.
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A Warning to Housekeepers.

N y" dfnlur 10 uOuScACCpcES.
A writer in the New York EuangelSst
gives the following warning to house =
keepers: 81 wish I could proclaim to
everyone who does not already know it
q thing that perhaps most everyone be-
sides myself always knew, namely: That
hot grease or oil will melt lead, will un-
solder any soldered dish or vessel. have
lately learned this to my great danger and
the danger of my home. Young house
keepers, beware! I, being a young
housekeeper,' find that the rule is live
and learn and, as not to know the latest
thing I have learned may be the death and
destruction to the unknowing, I hereby
warn all not to heat fat or oil in any tin
or any soldered dish. I did it, and had
a food of grease and fire. I escaped
with only terrible smoke, slight burn
and a great job of cleaning up. One
thing more, and never forget it: Soap
stone will explode! It will; it did. Itook
my soapstone out of its dry wraps, and
laid it atop of my stove. I sat close to
the stove buttoning my shoes, when bang!
went that soapstone, and it left the top of
the stove in 1000 atoms; in fact, it was
blown to powder. The chimney was
bricked up, and.it all went that way
against the bricks. Had it come my
way, had not been trying to warn you.
Soon as I could move, so astounded was
I, ran to call the family. Il thought it
was q gun,' said one of the men; T
heard it upstairs All were surprised.
Not one of us had ever heard that soap
stone would explode; but there it lay.
About one-third of it remained upon the
stove. Now, dear readers, do be careful.
Do not trust too far in soapstones nor in
hot fat"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-04-27
RELIGIOUS READING.
The Bubble Mt tho Brim,

The Bubble at the Brim.
Oh, see II gayly smiling.
And lightly dancing up;
How wirsome and beguiling
It peeps across the cup!
Beware CT twill enchant you
As it b,sckons fro the rim:
Come, kiss ms. darling, can't youT
Laughs the bubble at the brim.
How tentlerly 1t flashes,
How modestly it flies!
It apes maiden's bushes
When dreams Of love ariss.
It softly sings and glistens,
Like the shining seraphim-
But wee to hun who listens
To the bubble at the brim.
Perhaps tits Beautys finger
That fills the rosy glass,
How sweet it is to linger,
How hard it is to passl
IT'S late 10 curse the revel
When the lights are burning dim;
You are bartered to the devil
By the bubble at the brim.
-[Samuel Minturn Peck.
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with rough ground tossed on either side Of
them, and slabs will lie uneven on the rent
hillocks, and there will be fallen monuments
and cenotaphs, and then for the first time you
will appreciate the full exhilaration of the
text: "He will swallow up death in victory"
"Hail the Lord Of earth and heaven!
Praise to Thee by both be given:
Thee we greet triumphant now,
Hail the resurrection Thou.n
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-04-27
Simnla Test for Gold.

Take piece of flint and rub against it
the metallic object to be tested, until the
latter leaves sufficiently marked trace
upon the stone. Upon bringing tho
fame of sulphur match in contact with
the spot, the latter will remain intact it
it has been made with gold, but will dis.
appear if the contrary be the case.-Ld
Science en- Eamille.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-04-27

The Iowa Register says: "Therc's a
whole temperance sermon in the reply OF
q butcher who was asked for dollar to-
ward paying temperance lecturer
There's your dollar said he; i've
sold more meat in one day since this
town went no-license than I used to in a
week when we had saloons"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-04-27

Some Southern towns report an in
crease of 500 per cent. in trade in
women's and children's clothing since
the adoption of prohibition.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-04-27
Seek Joy I'm Religion

Walking with God one may have all
other honorable pleasures also. Relig-
ion goes well with domestic happiness,
and intellectual pursuits and improve
ments, and aesthetic pleasures and all
other real good. We shall never be able
to get the highest good out of these
lower joys until we know the Lord. He
will lead us to every fountain of living
waters. But mere worldly good with
out Him is empty. These lower
pleasures fash and fade like the meteor.
Why is it that those who seek happiness
in the world alone are forever flying
from one pleasure to another2 This
winter there will be craze for one kind
of pleasure or amusement. Last wintef
1t was something else and next winter il
will be something different again. Why
this perpetual change2 1t is because it
does not take long to get all the sweet
ness out of these worldly pleasures, and
then they arc dry and tasteless and some
thing new must be invented.
There is a joy which is everlasting. 1t
is the JOY of the Lord. 1t sweetens and
sanctlties every other JOY. In the pos.
session of this JOY may every reader
have "a Happy New Year."-[Pitts-'
burg Advocate.
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Religious Tr1nin4.

Religious Trining.
We are not afraid to be examined upon
anything in the Word of God; but VIC
dread caviling spirit. I, for one, be-
lieve that the more the Word of God has
been sifted, the more fully has it been
confirmed. Tho result has been the
better understanding of its teaching.
The pure gold has shone the more
brightly for being placed in the cruci-
BILE. But there is q habit which begins
thus: 81 do not SEQ this; and I do nos
understand that; and I do not approve of
this; and I question that" It makes
life tangle of thorns and briers, where
ten thousand sharp points of doubts are
constantly tearing the mind. This
doubling state reminds one of the old
serpent's "Yea hath God saida"
If tho statement made had been the
opposite the gentleman had questioned
it; for he Is bound to doubt everything
He is one who could take either side and
refute, but neither side and defend.
There are minds 80 constructed that they
can act in every way except that OF
plain up and down. Tleir machinery
is eccentric; it would puzzle the ablest
tongue to describe it. I like the old
fashioned conscisnces that 60 up and
down, yes and MO, right and wrong,
true and false-the kind which are SIM
pie and need no great intellect to under
stand their methods. We are growing
so cultured now that many have become
like the old serpent, "more subtle than
any beast of the field" Tie new fash
ioncd consciences act upon the principle
of compromise and policy, which is no
principle at all. t. each inquiry they
answer eyes or no; what is the time of
day2" for it is yes or no according to the
clock, or according to the climate, or
more generally according to the breeches
pocket, for so much depends upon that.
Practically many are saying: Upon
which side of the bread is the buttcr2
Tell US this, and then we will tell you
what we believe. REV. c. H. Spur
geon.
Here, in my opinion, lies one Of the
greatest secrets of practical godliness,
and the highest attainment in close
walking with God-to come daily aud
wa.h, and yc to keep as great a. value
for this discovery Of forgiveness, as If it
were once only obtained and no more
Thomas Halyburton (about 1888.
They, who like the thunder Of sultry day,
Smite to restore, ,
And they, who like the gentle wind, uplltt
The petals of the dew,wet we i fio"ers' anu orits
Alike may serve Him, each with their OWL
gift,
Making their lives prayer. ,....
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How to Get Faith.

I hear a great many people say, Chow
am I to get faith7 I would come to
Christ, but I don't know how to get
faith" It would take months and
years to get that. Now, I was long
time getting faith. I was anxious to
work for the Lord, but I wanted faith.
I WANTED to get faith, but I went about
it in the wrong way. I prayed for it
and did nothing else. That isn't
the way to get faith--to pray for it and
neglect the Word of God The way to
get faith is to know who God is; and I
never knew a man or woman that was
we'll acquainted with God that wanted
faith. Some one said to Scotch
wowan, "You are woman great
faith" "No," she says, II am q
woman of little faith, but I have a
great God" Now would you just turn
3 moment to the twentieth chapter of
the Gospel of John and the thirty-first
verse: "But these are written. that ye
might believe that Jesus is the Christ,
the Son of God; and that believing, ye
might have life through his name"
Now the whole Gospel of John was
written for one purpose. John took up
his pen, and he wrote that gospel that
we might believe that Jesus Christ was
the Son of God, and that by believing
we might have eternal life: And so, in
stead of praying for faith, and mourning
because we haven't got faith, let US
study the word Of God and get &C
guainted with the God of Israel, and
then we will have faith in him. You
can't find man or woman that is ac-
quainted with God but that has strong
faith in God.-D. L. Moody.
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TEMPERANCE.
Cider and Beer.

Cider and Beer.
Harmless? Cider and beer?
Now isn't it queer
That men can be fooled so; when every one
knows
That the river of death swallows thousands
each year,
And the springs of that river are cider and
beer!